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I'm Katje van Loon. I'm a writer, an author, a poet, and a menace to society. I am also an activist, a feminist, a geek, a knitter/crocheter, and many other things. I wear a host of hats. I've been blogging off and on (mostly on) since 2004. One of my first blog iterations was The Canadian Pagan, and I used to go by Jagged on Blogdrive.

This blog, Amoeba Kat Musings, has existed in many different forms and permutations since 2008. It's always been my writer-blog (ie, where I blog as Katje van Loon, Writer), but as time has gone on what I want to blog about as a writer has evolved. It's still evolving.

What you will find here, likely: posts on feminism and dismantling the kyriarchy. Politics. Fat acceptance. Pictures of my dog. Posts about my husband-type-person. Poetry. Me geeking out. Knitting. Occasionally, book reviews. And much, much more.

I try to be diligent about trigger warnings, but I don't put everything behind a cut. Read with caution.

(I do put spoilers behind cuts.)

On a side note, I am also an Ambassador for Barefoot Books, along with my mom. Barefoot Books supplies high-quality children's books via its ambassadors and online shop. I have been a collector of children's books for many years, and I'm excited to grow my collection with the help of Barefoot (and to help others grow their collections, too).

If you want to become an ambassador, click on the picture below to join my team.

If you just want to buy some awesome kids' books, click on this picture:

If you decide to become an ambassador under me, or buy books via the above link, you are supporting me and by extension my writing.

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How to Play: Comment to this entry and I’ll give you a letter. List ten things that you love that begin with that letter and then post that list on your blog. I got P from Pippa Jay (and no, that wasn’t intentional; she uses random.org).

10 Purrr-fect things

1. Paper packages tied up with string Okay so I won’t be that cliché. I do really love getting parcels in the mail though. It’s like Yule and my birthday. But on random days.

2. Plays. I’ve been in theatre for 20+ years so I suppose I must like them at least a little bit.

3. Performing. This I love even more than just plays. I like performing in all guises: singing, burlesque, acting, dancing if I could do it. I don’t like public speaking, however — the difference? When I’m performing I’m putting on a character, and thus am safe. It’s not me. Public speaking is all me. (So I’m working on putting together an “author persona” for when I have to do public speaking as an author. Also I randomly have huge conversations with Invisible Jon Stewart, etc, in preparation for when he’ll obviously want me on his show because of my awesome novels.)

4. Publishing. Okay so it’s overwhelming and a crapton of work and I’m frazzled from it most of the time…but I do like being a publisher. It gives me an edge as an author. More control. And as we know, I’m a super-control-freak.

5. Pie.Oh my freaking gods I love pie so much.

6. Pets. I like having my hair petted by someone I love and trust. It’s a cat thing.

7. Purring. I also like to purr to hear cats purr. It’s a lovely sound.

10. Pagan, being a. I really love being a pagan. Sure, pagandom can be a little a freaking lot crazy at times, and many days the higher the number of times I’m willing to just roll my eyes and move along the happier I am, but overall I’m really happy I made the choice to start exploring pagan religions fourteen years ago.

This was fun! I’m glad I decided to participate. And if you decide to participate, comment below and I’ll give you a letter.